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Owslebury: Cleaning Up the Act!
The new
formation at Owslebury, nr Winchester, Hampshire reported 29th July
gives us a few clues for gathering at least one message: the hexagon,
the icosahedron, and the number six among other numbers.
The hexagon is
the container/vehicle for this beauty of a formation. Essentially, it is
a six-sided regular polygon made of six equilateral triangles.
Snowflakes, beehive combs, basalt columns are natural examples of the
hexagon shape found on Earth.
1. North Pole of Saturn 2. Benzene molecule 3.
Snowflake, really up close 4. Honeycomb
When its six
sides are considered, the hexagon takes on the symbolism of balance, the
union of polarity, love and Venus. The number six of the Tarot is the
Lovers. When the hexagon is seen as the container for the hexagram or
Seal of Solomon, it symbolizes the union of masculine and feminine,
Heaven and Earth, Fire and Water. The hexagram, and by extension the
hexagon, contains "The harmonious resolution and fusion of opposites
[which] represent the completion of the Great Work and correspond to the
six days of Creation, the Great Work of the absolute" (Melville 76). The
hexagon in its own right is a symbol for the 'death' that is suffered as
a purification, i.e. the baptism in water symbolizing death to the life
of sin in readiness for the new life. The octagon used in baptismal
fonts represents the eternal life itself. It seems that at Owslebury, we
are looking at a preliminary stage.
Solomon's Seal is known in Indian Alchemy as Sri
Yantra.
Latin verse says: "thrice I lead from unity to unity"
The Icosahedron
is one of the Platonic solids. It represents the element of Water which
is in turn related to the emotional life energy. This is interesting
since the Hill Barn formation had reference to the Goddess
Chalciuhtlicue who was Goddess of Bodies of Water as well as of
baptism. This reference could be a reinforcement of the idea of some
kind of change coming that includes a 'baptismal' purification, perhaps
on the collective emotional level. Water is cleansing and
life-giving. At Owslebury, the icosahedron gives the impression of a
huge crystal emerging from the hexagon. This makes the next association
with the hexagon interesting because one of the hexagonal crystals, the
emerald, is closely related to the Moon that works on water through
tidal action especially during the Full Moon phase. It is also related
to the Solar Plexus Chakra that deals with the understanding of
emotional life through the coming together of the intellectual and the
emotional in order to keep emotional balance. This leads to the
acquisition of wisdom. "The emerald is a clear conscience. It is
of a like vibration to that which is within the mind of man; that
which causes him to desire to give wisdom [the truth within] and love to
others. It has the aspect that causes him to want to think in new
depths; it causes him to want to give love to others" (Richardson 70).
The emerald was used to treat eye disease, to renew
one's sight.
It is a symbol of rain, more water symbolism!
From the above
points of view, Owslebury formation has some ideas in common with the
fantastic vitamin A formation at Four Mile Clump, namely that the eye,
our way of seeing needs some cleaning up. Considering the
announcement posted today on comments at Etchilhampton (2) about the
immanent coming of the Star Nations, I would see this beautiful
formation as an encouragement for all of us who can, to really turn to
the inner self and listen for the wisdom within. Allow any negativity to
fall away. In this way the process of release and preparation for a
further level of awareness and living will be easy and pleasant.
The first full
moon is upon us on August 1st, and the month ends on a full moon as
well. That gives us ample opportunity to heed and integrate the wise
water wisdom within. This summer could be a turning point for many
lives.

The full moon plays a tug of war with emotions
individually and collectively.
Michelle Jennings
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illustrated Book of Signs & Symbols. Reader’s Digest. Montreal. 1996
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Gheerbrant. The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols. Penguin Books. London.
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Cooper, J.C. An Illustrated
Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols. Thames & Hudson. London. 1978.
Lundy, Miranda. Sacred Geometry.
Walker & Co. NY. 2001
Melville, Francis. The Book of
Alchemy. Barron's. Hauppauge, NY. 2002
Richardson, W. & Lenora Huett.
Spiritual Value of Gem Stones. DeVorss & Co. Marina del Ray. 1980
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Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred Objects. Castle Books. Edison, NJ.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saturn_hexagonal_north_pole_feature.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon
http://www.e3.group.shef.ac.uk/galleries/bees/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald
http://healing.about.com/cs/chakras/a/chakra3.htm
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